Diet Coke addiction

I never realized until you said how many oz. you drank that I DRANK that much a day as well, I cut back for a couple weeks and then just quit cold turkey. I do have one a week or so but that's it.
Once you realize what you're putting in your body and how much crap is in those things it's pretty easy to quit.

I am overcoming the same addiction...I seriously used to kill 6 + liters of DC a day. No joke. It was all I would drink and even as a kid I've always drank alot of everything except water. I've been drinking more water now and stopped bringing pop to work with me which cuts out about 12hrs a day that I even have the option to drink it. I'm now down to about 2 lites a day which is still overkill but dang I just LOVE the sweet burning sensation of carbonation. And I dont care what anyone says, drinking carbonated water IS NOT THE SAME TO ME. At any rate, good luck, it's not easy but you can do it.

Okay, I don't really get on here much; but, this forum peaked my interest. I'd just like to say that, I had the WORST Diet Coke addiction. My whole family does. Especially my mother. We would all drink maybe 10 cans a day and would get headaches from lack of caffeine if we didn't have any in the morning.

I've always been a health psycho; but, then I read some articles that said that even though Diet Coke doesn't have calories, it still gives you that feeling of you feeling bigger and it's a LOT of water weight. I slowly shifted myself to Minute Maid Light, through many headaches and the urge to drink Diet Coke, I now can't even stand pop. It's helped keep my bloated-ness down and a few pounds of extra water weight off!

Just thought I'd let'cha guys know!

I am currently trying to overcome the same addiction. I don't drink as much as you, but I am really dependent on it. I get the headaches if I don't drink it. I am slowly starting to make myself drink more and more water, I also hope to be not drinking it at all here within this month.

Im a huge diet coke fan. About 12 a day and what i did was the gradual method. Im still having a few a day but i mainly drink water now.

I've read studies that actually states that diet colas keep you from losing weight, so be careful and try to ween off a few a day perhaps. check this video out. It might seem a little long but so worth the info and they get to diet colas about 6 mins into it, but the whole thing really explains it......good luck!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpoAtwVyzZI

I'm officially 5 days Diet Coke Free..I as well had a serious diet coke addiction, I'm sure I was drinking just as much as you and never any water. I was introduced to TAB when I was about 9 and have been drinking diet soda ever since, in fact I HATE all other soda's coke, mountain dew, 7-up and Dr Pepper (I did used to really like Dr Pepper). Diet coke is such a part of my life it usually replaces meals..My past eating habits have been Diet Coke ALL DAY then late night snackin and genrally a dinner thats not so healthy followed by more diet coke until I go to bed and occasinally waking up to have anouther swig.. Personally I knew I couldn't just cut back on it, past experience has taught me if I have one I can rationalize having another. So I just quit cold turkey..

Day 1 went great, I didn't miss it at all until around 3 then I started feeling really lathargic
Day 2 the lathargic feeling was still there and the headache kicked in (my morning coffee did nothing to curb this) Took some asprin and a long nap (It was Saturday)
Day 3 felt a little better but was no big bundle of energy wasn't quite as lathargic and no headach
Day 4 I felt pretty normal, still around 3-4 the cravings kicked in and I found myself pacing the kitchen for something sweet to satisfy the Diet coke craving (By the way I gave in and had something sweet but it really didn't help)

I'm on day 5 now last night I had trouble sleeping, don't know if it had anything to do with the Diet Coke, but I kept waking up and wanting to have one.

Regardless I can't say my withdrawl symtoms have been horrible, in fact relatively mild compared to some story's I've heard and it gets a little easier each day.

Subequently I started my diet at the same time...I'm trying to keep from getting an official # until Friday, but I've taken a few peaks..I appear to be down about 6lbs and I do feel less bloated although my fingers and face a still a little puffier than I would like. I've given up diet soda short term before (a week tops before I tell myself well maybe just one). I consider Diet coke to be my catalyst into bad eating habits...as everytime I get back on it the eating pattern soon follows..

My personal goal is to make it 30 days Diet Coke free and see how I feel after that...I've never gone that long without since I was a kid (we were not allowed soda in the house) I'm also trying to stick to strictly water,(not adding anything like crystal light and I find the flavored waters gross) and a my couple cups of coffee in the am.

I just up and quit one day. I have heard every reason to do it. But, I had one last day of diet coke, and that was it. I still get a craving for it once in awhile, but for the most part, I don't think about it.

There is some confusion, I think, about why this might cause problems when losing weight. The artifical sweeteners used in diet coke and other diet products are a lot sweeter than sure. Therefore, you need less of them to make a product as sweet as if you were using sugar. However, the more sweeteness we have (including diet coke) the more we crave it. This is a good reason for the problems losing weight. Even with the best will power, you might still be choosing foods with higher sugar contents (even fruits have sugar) because of that craving and not even realize it.

I have been a diet coke addict since 1990--before that I was drinking tons of pepsi regular-- I knew that was not good for me so I went for hypnosis--and really I could not stand the taste of pepsi after that but the craving for that carbonation was still very present--i started having the occassional diet coke to help HAHA laugh for sure.:laugh: :flowerforyou: Years later and I struggle with the diet coke daily==anyone who knows me will tell you that I sometimes get down to one a day but it takes no time and I am back up to 5/6 bottles per day. Thats about three litres a day. I HAVE THIS ADDICTION ON MY HIT LIST --IT IS RIGHT UP THERE WITH MY WEIGHT. At this point I am subbing water for every second bottle.......Good luck with your diet coke--- and yes I tried hypnosis for the diet coke . It did not work. There should be a diet coke addiction site. Just had a thought I will use this site to track how much I am drinking--I have not been counting the diet coke on my food lists. Thanx jsut babbling on here has given me that great ida

I used to have this problem, but with diet dr. pepper.
Now i make sure to drink 8 cups of water a day and only 1 can of diet dr.pepper a day.

I just finished day 1 without my Diet Pepsi...it was hard (still is) but I am getting by. The week-end wil be harder as we will likely eat out and I find it hard to not drink soda in a restaurant. Most of the day I was feeling headachy and lethargic, but I did do some exercise after supper and felt much better. Good Luck with cutting down. I will let you know how I am making out in a week or so.

have a read up on the aspartamine and chemicals in it - thats what helped me to give it up! i went cold turkey (after having about 2l a day for years) after my fitness instructor at the gym explained what was in it and how it would be contributing to me keeping the weight on and the bloated belly, it was hard without it at first but i had a mouthful the other day after about 2 months without and you can taste the chemically taste - bleurgh! try soda and lime as a replacement?